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WHEREAS, no timely appeals were filed with respect to the Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) for the 2012 application (CU-12-00003) in 2013; and, WHEREAS, the 2012 conditional use permit application (CU-12-00003) was withdrawn on January 5, 2015; and, WHEREAS, on December 3, 2013 the Kittitas Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2013-012 which among other things altered the definition (KCC 17.08.490), use table (17.15.050.1), permit process, and associated footnotes (17.15.050.2); with respect to small scale event facilities in the Commercial Agriculture zone; and, WHEREAS, the same applicant, applied for another conditional use permit (CU-16-00001) under the terms of the revised small scale event facility as enacted by ordinance 2013-012; and, WHEREAS, the applicant submitted the SEPA checklist (SE-13-00002) and DNS from the 2012 application (CU-12-00003) as part of the new application (CU-16-00001); and, WHEREAS, the new application (CU-16-00001) was deemed complete on April 13, 2016 indicating among other things that reviewing procedures necessary to issuing a SEP A environmental threshold determination per WAC 197-11 and RCW 43.21 C would occur; and, WHEREAS, WAC 197-11-600(2) allows an agency to use previously prepared environmental documents in order to evaluate proposed actions, altematives, or environmental documents; and, WHEREAS, a notice of application was issued for the conditional use application (CU-16- 00001) to applicable agencies, mailed to surrounding property owners, and published in the official newspaper of record as per KCC Chapter 15A.03.060. WHEREAS, the notice of application for the conditional use permit (CU-16-00001) stipulated that the applicant had submitted a prior application (CU-12-00003); that the use for the new application (CU-16-00001) represents a diminished environmental impact; and that the county intended to utilize the provisions of WAC 197-11-600 to adopt existing documents; and, WHEREAS, a DNS was issued for the new application (CU-16-00001) on May 24, 2016 stating that the lead agency would not act on the determination for 10 working days and that any action to set aside, enjoin, review, or otherwise challenge the administrative SEPA action on the grounds of non-compliance with the provisions of Chapter 43.21 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) must commence on or before Wednesday June 8th 2016 at 5 p.m.; and, WHEREAS, a timely appeal of the SEP A DNS was submitted and the appropriate fee paid to Kittitas County Community Development Services (CDS) on June 8, 2016 by Ritch Brownlee; and, WHEREAS, the conditional use permit request was approved with conditions by the Director of